2013 IOM-EU Migration Photo Contest

TYPE OF CONTEST: Photo Contest

ELIGIBILITY:

This contest is open to anyone resident in any country, while all photographs must depict Nepalese current and potential migrants and their families in Nepal and/or in their countries of destinations. Subjects in the photographs can be freely and creatively chosen by photographers. Photographs must have been taken within two years of the closing date of the contest (31 October 2011 – 31 October 2013).


A photographer must hold full copyright to a photograph that s/he wishes to submit to the contest, and also must have received full permission from the subject(s) for the photograph to be used in the contest. Photographs that appear to violate the rights of those represented will not be judged.



RULES AND REGULATIONS: Please see here

PRIZE: Grand prize is a CANON EOS 700D, a digital single lens camera. It will be given to the best entry chosen by the panel of judges. The Best 12 photos including the grand prize winning photograph will be published as a desktop photo calendar for the year 2014. Participation prizes (the photo calendar, certificate of appreciation and special gifts from the IOM and the EU) will also be given to those best 12 entrants.

HOW TO APPLY:

All entrants must submit their photographs with the completed official entry form to [iomnepalphotocontest@iom.int ] by email. Entries in high resolution digital format will only be accepted (image files must be in JPG format: 1,600 pixels wide if a horizontal image or 1,600 pixels tall if a vertical image, and not more than 3MB).All entrants can submit up to three photographs with the respective entry form.


IOM-EU Migration Photo Contest 2013 Entry Form [download]


Photographs that are digitally altered or manipulated and/or that are previously published in magazines, newspapers, websites or other information materials will not be accepted. Photographs that are not accompanied by the entry form will not be considered by the judges.


DEADLINE: October 31, 2013